Timber products maker Gunns has launched a bid to buy the remaining 39 per cent of Auspine it does not already own, according to an AAP report online.
The offer is for A$7 per share, representing a 13.8% premium to its previous cash bid for the firm.
Auspine managing director Adrian de Bruin, who controls 30.3% of […]

A group of World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) member companies is calling for public policies that make the best use of the forestry sector’s carbon profile and carbon cycle. The Sustainable Forest Products Industry (SFPI) working group proposes six key points that those responsible for devising forestry and carbon policies need to know, […]

The forest sector in Europe should communicate effectively with EU level policy makers and representatives of other sectors and stakeholder groups in order to safeguard its interests, according to a recently published study in Europe.
The doctoral dissertation ‘Communication in forest policy decision-making in Europe: a study on communication processes between policy, science and the public’ […]

The provincial government is capable of stabilising the forest industry in New Brunswick, Canada, but is dragging its heels, New Brunswick Forest Products Association head Mark Arsenault has been quoted as saying.
The comments related to the time taken for the Government to issue its biomass and long-term wood supply policies, the Telegraph-Journal said.

For years, Indonesia has made money by chopping down its forests. Now it wants to earn billions by preserving what is left, according to a report from Planet Arc in the lead up to this week’s UN climate change talks in Bali. 
The huge archipelago, with about 10% of the world’s tropical rainforests, is pinning its […]

For years, Indonesia has made money by chopping down its forests. Now it wants to earn billions by preserving what is left, according to a report from Planet Arc in the lead up to this week’s UN climate change talks in Bali. 
The huge archipelago, with about 10% of the world’s tropical rainforests, is pinning its […]